Talisman_VR

Hi Folks, If you use a force feedback device and are a FF fan for DCS then please see this forum thread poll: https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?p=3025951#post3025951

If anyone uses a FF device and is a fan of FF in DCS then please see this forum thread poll: https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?p=3025951#post3025951

Hi Folks, If you use a force feedback device and are a fan of FF for DCS, please see this forum thread poll: https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?p=3025951#post3025951

Hi Folks, If you use a force feedback device and are a FF fan for DCS, then please see this thread poll: https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?p=3025951#post3025951

I use the Saitek cyborg evo force feedback joystick. This stick is regularly available on ebay and I have a stock of about 7 second hand ones in the cupboard, all tested and ready to go. Should last me 15 years or so, or at least until a new type is manufactured by industry. Also, Gametrix 908 force feedback seat with Simshaker for Aviators Software. Happy landings, 56RAF_Talisman

Hi Folks, I have just found out that the VEAO Spitfire Mk XIV, P40 and other aircraft are unlikely to be provided with Force Feedback :( This is extremely sad, to say the least. Below is a link to my post to ask VEAO to provide FF for the Spitfire Mk XIV, due release this year I believe. If you feel strongly about FF and are interested in VEAO aircraft, then you may want to consider contributing to this thread as well (in the nicest way): https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?p=3025624#post3025624 Happy landings, 56RAF_Talisman

Very sorry to see you are having a problem there Vinnie. I am afraid I have no idea how to help. Hope you get a fix soon Happy landings, 56RAF_Talisman

Do you use a modification on V 1.5.5 or is it a clean installation? Just a thought. Happy landings, 56RAF_Talisman

Definitely feel the stiffening difference with the Mig-15. She is such a beast! I think the FF has been done well for the Mig-15. Happy landings, 56RAF_Talisman

Long shot, but perhaps there is a conflict with 2 different versions of 1.5 on your system. I am not very computer literate, so forgive me if this not an intelligent thought, LOL. Happy landings, 56RAF_Talisman

High Kwiatek, I use the Saitek cyborg evo force feedback stick and get on very well with it :joystick: I use DCS v 1.5 and all the latest updates to it in turn, but I have not had any problems with my FF stick at all; it is all working well I am pleased to say. Sorry you are having problems. I presume you have tried the old unplug from the electric and the PC and reconnect thing. That is about as technical as I can get, lol. Perhaps changing the Saitek stick settings will bring it back to life. My stick settings are: Default gain 100% Spring gain 60% Damper gain 100% Default spring 80% With default spring checked as always on. As well as FF enabled on DCS as an overall option, I have set each individual control input at FF 100% (next to axis tune option). Have you got a second spare Saitek FF stick to test? Perhaps you need to replace the stick. I find that the Saitek FF stick very often comes up on ebay as second hand. I have purchased some FF sticks on ebay that have hardly been used and in mint condition. I have my own second hand stock purchases ready to go at a moments notice in the cupboard, lol. I find that with hard use (almost every day of the week between 2 to 4 hours) the Saitek cyborg evo FF stick will last me 2 or 3 years each one. I also recommend the Gametrix 908 force feedback jetseat with the Simshaker for Aviators software application (see DCS forum 'Input Output' section threads). I also use the force feedback headset by eDimensional AudioFX I think FF brings the aircraft models to life and would not want to be without it. I hope you can solve your FF problem soon. Happy landings, 56RAF_Talisman

Very much agree with the sentiment regarding concentrating on 1944 aircraft. Happy landings, 56RAF_Talisman

Tempest V would be much better. It was the aircraft the Typhoon was supposed to be but did not make it. IMHO, the Tempest V was the best Hawker Company aircraft that saw combat in WW2 and it would be great to see a DCS salute to the Hawker Company by modelling the Tempest V. P.S. I think the Typhoon could possibly be a contender for the title of the worst RAF aircraft developed and put into combat during WW2. I love all aircraft though, so I am sure it would be fun to fly in DCS, its just that it would be nice to get the best aircraft Hawker developed in WW2, rather than the Typhoon. Happy landings, Talisman

I very much agree with what you have said Klem. Very sensible, very reasonable and very logical. Salute and reputation points added to you from me. Happy landings, Talisman

Point convergence is more lethal than pattern. This is why it was used by experienced combat pilots in WWII and was facilitated by the technical design function of aircraft armament systems. PC pilot customers, particularly with thousands of hours of experience, that can make good use of point convergence would like to do so. Point convergence was used historically, as well as pattern. Therefore, customers would like the option of being able to choose pattern or point convergence to meet their preference in line with the technical design function of the aircraft armament system. There is an old saying: 'There is more than one way to skin a cat'. Different ways of skinning the cat are built into the design function of the aircraft armament system and different ways of skinning the cat were used by pilots in WWII. Customers are asking to be able to use different ways to 'skin the cat' in line with historical use and technical design function. This would appear to be a perfectly reasonable request. But I stand to be corrected if someone can explain why this is not a reasonable request. Happy landings, 56RAF_Talisman

I had a problem with the right side top shoulder electric motor on my jetseat not working. I found that when the jetseat was taken off my chair and lay flat overnight and then tested whilst still laying spread out flat on the floor, the motor worked OK again. Then, when I fitted the jetseat back on my chair, it worked for a little while and then the same problem occurred again. So, after going through this process a number of times my conclusion was that, if the jetseat worked OK when lay flat, then perhaps the problem was the way I had fitted it on my chair. Sure enough, once I had fitted the jetseat to my chair with greater care and attention to the position of the internal circuit boards and wires, then the jetseat has worked fine ever since with no problems. For my jetseat, on my chair, I found that it sometimes matters how the jetseat lays on the chair. My point is that it is a good idea to make sure that the area of the jetseat with the circuit boards and wires in it, laying in close proximity to each other, is not under any undue physical strain or pressure from the weight of my backside. It might be a long shot, but I think it is worth trying because it worked for me. You have nothing to lose. Lay the jetseat out flat on a table or on the floor and leave it for a few yours. I think I may have tapped the motor with a wooden mallet a couple of times as well just incase the motor had stuck a bit. Make sure the jetseat circuit board area is out of the way in the rear crease of the chair in such a way that it is not bent, sat on or under any undue physical pressure. P.S. I realise your problem is different from mine, but you sounded desperate so I thought that anything might be worth a try. Happy landings, 56RAF_Talisman

Try this: Disconnect from PC and electrics and remove jetseat from seat and lay flat overnight. Replace jetseat on seat making sure that the jetseat sits well on the seat so that the area with the circuit boards in, between the jetseat upper portion and jetseat lower portion is well out of the way in the back of the seat in the crease between the seat back and lower half (make sure it is not being sat on or under undue pressure). Note, if jeatseat is hanging to far over the front edge of your seat there is a chance that you are sitting on the circuit boards or they are under undue pressure. Good luck. Happy landings, 56RAF_Talisman

Just upgraded from SimShaker for DCS to SimShaker for Aviators and all is working well, including the effects for the Spitfire :joystick: Thank you very much for SSA :thumbup: Happy landings, 56RAF_Talisman

Very nice. Must be a lot harder with different aircraft types in formation. Happy landings, 56RAF_Talisman

Make reputation love, not reputation war, :lol: Happy landings, 56RAF_Talisman

Salute Ala13_ManOWar for keeping polite and on-the-level over this issue. You have respect reputation added from me. Happy landings, Talisman

Love you guys, :) Looks like I can start spreading some rep around now; I feel so powerful :D Happy landings, 56RAF_Talisman

Please correct to 43, not 44 for Spit LFIX Merlin 66 @ 18lbs boost. If you want to still claim 44, then you should post source as you posted first with no source at all. Please do not use 150 Octane as a red herring to my post. Happy landings, 56RAF_Talisman

Not used in large numbers on the continent, as could have wrongly been assumed by your post. Let us be careful and not give the wrong impression to the casual reader. Happy landings, 56RAF_Talisman

I only posted to try and sort out the correct date of 1943 for Spit IX with Merlin 66 and 18lbs boost. If you read, I was thinking that perhaps the mix up by ManOWar was the date for 150 Octane. Lets not start a 150 Octane red herring, LOL. Be sure that 150 Octane was used though. Happy landings, 56RAF_Talisman